Earth-class container ship

The Earth class is a series of six container ships built for Zodiac Maritime and chartered to HMM for a period of 12 years.[1][2] The ships have a maximum theoretical capacity of 10,077 TEU.[3] The ships were built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea.

Hyundai Mars as MSC Mars on Western Scheldt.
Class overview
BuildersDaewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
OperatorsHMM
In service2016–present
Planned6
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeContainer ship
Tonnage110,632 GT
Length324 m (1,063 ft)
Beam48.4 m (159 ft)
Draught15.5 m (51 ft)
Capacity10,077 TEU

List of ships

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Ship Previous names Yard number IMO number Delivery Status ref
Hyundai Earth Hyundai Earth (2016–2017)
MSC Earth (2017–2020)
4290 9725110 21 January 2016 In service [4]
Hyundai Mars Hyundai Mars (2016–2017)
MSC Mars (2017–2020)
4291 9725122 26 February 2016 In service [5]
Hyundai Jupiter Hyundai Jupiter (2016–2017)
Maersk Suzhou (2017–2020)
4292 9725134 21 March 2016 In service [6]
Hyundai Saturn Hyundai Saturn (2016–2017)
MSC Saturn (2017–2020)
4293 9725146 16 May 2016 In service [7]
Hyundai Neptune Hyundai Neptune (2016–2017)
Maersk Shanghai (2017–2020)
4294 9725158 29 June 2016 In service [8]
Hyundai Pluto Hyundai Pluto (2016–2017)
Maersk Shenzen (2017–2020)
4295 9725160 6 July 2016 In service [9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Zodiac Maritime - Fleet List". zodiac-maritime.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "HMM chartering six 10,000 TEU container vessels | Marine Offshore Technology". marineoffshoretechnology.net. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "HMM Vessel Fleet". HMM. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Hyundai Earth (9725110)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Hyundai Mars (9725122)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hyundai Jupiter (9725134)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Hyundai Saturn (9725146)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Hyundai Neptune (9725158)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Hyundai Pluto (9725160)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 15 September 2020.